Antique Master Print-MULEBACK-LANDSCAPE-PACKED MULE-FARMER-della Bella-1643

This print shows a view on a farmer leaning on a stick looking at a woman on muleback and a man walking next to a packed mule.

Made by Stefano della Bella after own design.

Medium: Engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 15 x 10.5 cm (5.91 x 4.13 inch). Image size: 14 x 9 cm. (5.51 x 3.54 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Smudges and pencil stripes on reverse. Brown upper left corner. Diagonal creases. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MULEBACK-LANDSCAPE-PACKED MULE-FARMER | RBOS-A10-32

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published by Pierre Mariette (French, 1596?1657), in ca.1643.

Reference: British Museum 1932,0213.220.

Biography engraver: Stefano della Bella (1610-1664) was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes. He left 1052 prints, and several thousand drawings, but only one known painting. .